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A leading GP warns mental health disorders amongst children and low-income families is on the rise as new project launches to encourage healthy eating

Robyn Morris was prescribed the antidepressant sertraline, which helped ease her anxiety and panic attacks. But the side effects of the drug meant a resurfacing of the disordered eating she had struggled with years earlier. What happens when something that helps you also hurts you at the same time?

A poll of 2,000 US adults found three in four have been affected by inflation, but it isn’t enough for people to compromize one area of their lives

Beetroot has a secret trick that can help you

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a 50-year-old man who enjoys running. I have completed several half-marathons and began training for longer distances. A few months ago, I tore my calf muscle. I went to physical therapy, and all seemed to heal well. However, last weekend while running, I felt a…

Letters: The risk of getting gout has a lot to do with our genes and little to do with diet, says GP Ayo Ajanaku. Plus, sufferers Kevin Hughes and Jared West on drugs that have helped them

For decades public health authorities have encouraged us to choose healthier foods – yet most choices available to Americans are bad ones

Diets, like religion, offer community and control in an uncertain world. While we were never going to live forever, we are still lured by their promise

Tricia Appleby, 54, had ballooned up to 23 stone at her heaviest but has since dropped more than 15 dress sizes after embarking on her inspiring weightloss journey